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this is about jobs, about the state of the economy. >> no, it's not... it is about spending and, the... >> chris: i'm glad we cleared that up. thank you, panel. but don't forget to check out panel-plus, where our panel will pick up with this discussion discussion on our web site, foxnewssunday.com and we'll post the video before noon eastern time an follow us on twitter @foxnewssunday. up next our power player of the week. ♪ >> chris: there have been 1, 942 senators since congress started in 1789. one of the fun facts we learn from our power player of the week. ♪ >> i have a front row seat for the best show in washington. and it is. >> chris: donald richie is the senate historian. keeping track of everything it does, and why. >> the yeas are 59... the nays are 39... >> the senate does a lot of business by precedent and, you know. we have very few rules in the senate but we have thousands of press dents. >> chris: when the impeachment trial of bill clinton happened, they wanted to know what happened to the trial of andrew johnson in 1868. >> o questio
this is about jobs, about the state of the economy. >> no, it's not... it is about spending and, the... >> chris: i'm glad we cleared that up. thank you, panel. but don't forget to check out panel-plus, where our panel will pick up with this discussion discussion on our web site, foxnewssunday.com and we'll post the video before noon eastern time an follow us on twitter @foxnewssunday. up next our power player of the week. ♪ >> chris: there have been 1, 942 senators since...
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how worried are you about it. >> we are very concerned, particularly the effect on the economy, we feel after difficult years we are starting to come out of it and things are getting a little better and unfortunately, the sequester could put is back where we were. you know, we spend so much time, as governors, trying to put people back to work and so, one of the most frustrating conversations any governor can have is with an employer who says, i have vacancies but, i can't find people with the right skills or one of the effects of the sequester could be, for example to hit workforce development training funds. that is crazy and, one thing we have to do is we have to figure out a way of putting people back to work as opposed to seeing cuts like this. >> chris: are you literally saying, this could push your state and other states back into recession. >> no doubt about it. the budget office estimates there could be 750,000 fewer jobs and people talk about the effect of states on the sequester and the real question is what is the impact on the people we serve? states are only a vehicle for
how worried are you about it. >> we are very concerned, particularly the effect on the economy, we feel after difficult years we are starting to come out of it and things are getting a little better and unfortunately, the sequester could put is back where we were. you know, we spend so much time, as governors, trying to put people back to work and so, one of the most frustrating conversations any governor can have is with an employer who says, i have vacancies but, i can't find people...
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the economy is not something that exists in itself. it has to provide justice as well as prosperity. >> i understand that, but if you really want to help the people you want to help, you don't take away jobs. what you do is you grow the economy, you get above the 2% anemic rate of growth obama had given us, you get 3%. it is how you help these young people. >> that means passing some of the infrastructure programs that will create jobs -- because >> only government creates jobs? >> is anybody here think he will get a $9 an hour? >> government spending on infrastructure is that cure of unemployment, then why did the largest stimulus in galactic history, we have 8% unemployment? >> the latest studies -- >> let me interrupt your interruption. >> the tax increases and if it i the dead -- as the spending he proposed will hurt middle- class families, will cost them their raises and benefits and may even cause some of them their jobs. mr. president, i don't oppose the plans because i want to protect the rich. i oppose your plans because i wan
the economy is not something that exists in itself. it has to provide justice as well as prosperity. >> i understand that, but if you really want to help the people you want to help, you don't take away jobs. what you do is you grow the economy, you get above the 2% anemic rate of growth obama had given us, you get 3%. it is how you help these young people. >> that means passing some of the infrastructure programs that will create jobs -- because >> only government creates...
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and too much blame for a bad economy. what a president does is pretty important but not as important as sometimes other factors. chris: if we have a shutdown or second recession or something like it, double dip, who gets hurt? >> republicans believe your theory, michael, it's the president. the buck stops with him. fundamentally -- >> chris: he's the one scared of this sequester more than anybody it seems. >> but at the same time they also know this is a republican party with the 24% approval rating going against a president with the 50-something percent approval rating. when it's the battle of the bully pulpit versus people with a 24% approval rating, bully pulpit can be very effective. chris: can i ask you a question? totally cosmetic. i watched the stadium, like we all did, every second of it. why was boehner always purposely dour? never smiled own once. >> i was going to say n. a focus group of walmart moms who watched it they said the exact same thing. they said, damn, that boehner just looked like a petulant child b
and too much blame for a bad economy. what a president does is pretty important but not as important as sometimes other factors. chris: if we have a shutdown or second recession or something like it, double dip, who gets hurt? >> republicans believe your theory, michael, it's the president. the buck stops with him. fundamentally -- >> chris: he's the one scared of this sequester more than anybody it seems. >> but at the same time they also know this is a republican party with...
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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the president says the economy's improving, but we have to do better. he says republicans don't have a clue, and that austerity is not the answer. he says it is time to educate our children, subsidize new forms of energy, and rebuild our infrastructure. president obama's for the state of the yen, the first of his new term, and how do we pay the bill? >> nothing i am proposing should increase the deficit by a single dime. >> the president offered more of the same, higher taxes and more stimulus spending. >> the president wants congress to, with $40 billion to improve infrastructure, wants to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour, wants a new energy bill similar to cap-and-trade, wants preschool for every 4-year-old in the nation, tax reform, gun control, and citizenship for undocumented immigrants. what are his chances, charles? >> approximately zero. he is talking as if we have a huge surplus, so we can start spending all over again. if the inaugural address was a philosophical statement of what i would call his left
captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the president says the economy's improving, but we have to do better. he says republicans don't have a clue, and that austerity is not the answer. he says it is time to educate our children, subsidize new forms of energy, and rebuild our infrastructure. president obama's for the state of the yen, the first of his new term, and how do we pay the bill? >> nothing i am proposing should increase the deficit by a single...
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the idea that it will slow down the economy is ridiculous. as a percentage of non-defense is 1.5 cents out of $1. >> no economist says -- >> we are drowning in debt and we are asking for a 1.5% cut in non-defense spending and people say it's the end of the world. we have to cut 30% ultimately if we want to get near a balanced budget. >> there is no one who thinks sequestration is a good idea. >> the congressional budget office, which i agree does not mean it's an economic authority, but they said they will be cutting economic growth by one half. >> how much of our economy is it cutting? >> complaining about the uncertainty, we know that. china has been stealing our lunch in cyberspace. >> it is costing hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of u.s. jobs every year. >> counterterrorism expert who worked under the reagan administration, both the bushes, president clinton. the pit cyber warfare they're waiting on the united states and have been doing it for years. who has been minding the store? >> there was a bill that had been agreed to
the idea that it will slow down the economy is ridiculous. as a percentage of non-defense is 1.5 cents out of $1. >> no economist says -- >> we are drowning in debt and we are asking for a 1.5% cut in non-defense spending and people say it's the end of the world. we have to cut 30% ultimately if we want to get near a balanced budget. >> there is no one who thinks sequestration is a good idea. >> the congressional budget office, which i agree does not mean it's an...
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it is not a free lunch, but doesn't slam the economy with a lot of job loss. there may be a little bit of job loss, but not too much. business absorbs the cost, they pass them on to the customers or stockholders in the form of lower profits. so it takes the income in the middle and redistributes it towards the bottom. who knows whether it has a serious chance of passing? but that is a serious chance of passing the inequality. >> and it is kind of a dirty word in american politics. but as i understand the white house's theory at this point in time i think they see the economy has having changed in certain ways, such as a lot of gains are going to keep up with it at the top. and a lot of gains are going to corporate profits. one role for the government to play, that sharing has to come from government policy. they see that as what you need to keep a strong consensus for sort of a pro-growth capitalism. i want to see if you agree with it. >> one of the things i remember talking about in 2008, when very few people knew who austin goolsby, he would say this is a re
it is not a free lunch, but doesn't slam the economy with a lot of job loss. there may be a little bit of job loss, but not too much. business absorbs the cost, they pass them on to the customers or stockholders in the form of lower profits. so it takes the income in the middle and redistributes it towards the bottom. who knows whether it has a serious chance of passing? but that is a serious chance of passing the inequality. >> and it is kind of a dirty word in american politics. but as...
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billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >> it is costing hundreds of of dollars and u.s. jobs every year. >> of a countertrorism expert the reagan and both bushes, under and presidentnt clintnton. china has bn waging a cyber warfare and have been doing it for years. been minding the cyber we are engaged elsewhere? there was a bill that had agreed to on cybersecurity. the privacycall went bonkers -- bananas and bonkers. they flooded and their members congress and there were so that theyey didid not pass anything. not a serious person in hasington of any ideology not known the increasingower is a problem. the president said he will use it.utive power to do all those people who think cyberspace and the internet is an open range and there can regulation, it will come back to haunt us. >> we have a huge defense establishment and have alace where ty'red supposed to know about this stuff. >> it raises strategic queststis not thought through yet. capacity to take much
billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >> it is costing hundreds of of dollars and u.s. jobs every year. >> of a countertrorism expert the reagan and both bushes, under and presidentnt clintnton. china has bn waging a cyber warfare and have been doing it for years. been minding the cyber we are engaged elsewhere? there was a bill that had agreed to on cybersecurity. the...
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it is taking a hatchet hatchete budget when the economy is in a fragile state. the president says look back to the negotiations he was having with speaker boehner. he says a lot of the proposals are still on the table. let's kick the dan down the road a little farther and avoid the sequestration. >> we had a two month delay. >> that is is the way we govern now in washington. one crisis to another. when you come up against the debt ceiling and the fiscal cliff usually we put it off. but i think this is one that is going to cause tremendous damage and the question is with the congress gone for a week when do they have time to negotiate. >> $85 billion out of a $3.5 trillion budget. >> a small percentage but if it affects you. >> and this is going to hurt the economy? >> if you lose your job i think it hurts you don't you think? >> fundamentally the debt that we have at the moment is the bigger problem for the economy and job creation in the private sector. >> chris: let me binge karl in to talk about the sequester and look at the president's state of the union spe
it is taking a hatchet hatchete budget when the economy is in a fragile state. the president says look back to the negotiations he was having with speaker boehner. he says a lot of the proposals are still on the table. let's kick the dan down the road a little farther and avoid the sequestration. >> we had a two month delay. >> that is is the way we govern now in washington. one crisis to another. when you come up against the debt ceiling and the fiscal cliff usually we put it off....
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> president obama used his bully pulpit this week to call on congress to avoid, get this, sequestration. that's washington nomenclature for automatic spending cuts due to go into effect on march 1, next friday. on that date, both military and domestic programs will feel
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> president obama used his bully pulpit this week to call on congress to avoid, get this, sequestration. that's washington nomenclature for automatic spending cuts due to go into effect on march 1, next friday. on that date, both military and domestic programs will feel
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i couldn't imagine this economy and obama getting re-elected and that made me think if an airplane hits the mountain maybe you better buy new radar. >> quickly because i want to move on -- >> the republican party's technology problem is a little like its immigration problem. it's necessary but not sufficient for it to get up to speed on those things. it won't help it win. i think about the republican party like the old joke how many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb. the light bulb has to change. the republican party has to decide it wants to change. >> the dustup over chuck hagel and, george, the republicans delayed this. i don't understand what's going on. a lot who voted against having the vote said, no, no, i'll let it happen in two weeks. are the republicans playing it dangerous game by blocking hagel and brennan, defense and cia when they know that both of them are ultimately going to be confirmed. >> because they do know that and because most sensible republicans believe that a president is owed vast deference in picking his cabinet because the cabinet leaves when he
i couldn't imagine this economy and obama getting re-elected and that made me think if an airplane hits the mountain maybe you better buy new radar. >> quickly because i want to move on -- >> the republican party's technology problem is a little like its immigration problem. it's necessary but not sufficient for it to get up to speed on those things. it won't help it win. i think about the republican party like the old joke how many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb. the...
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it we are heading and the court -- >> how will it have an impact on the economy? the cbo makes the prediction -- >> 800,000 people furlough 22 days per year? that's a lot of people who do not have money who are not spending. put that in every other area and it goes to police and fire departments who will have less money. there is hardly a person in any field who gets grants of any kind, whether it is from the state or federal government who are now saying they have been told they cannot count on it. >> 0.3%, it is a trivial amount of money. the idea that it will slow down the recovery is ridiculous. as a percentage of non-defense spending is 1.5 cents on the dollar -- and you're telling me -- >> not economist says it is true. >> we are drowning in debt and we are asking for a 1.5% cut in non-defense spending and they say it's the end of the world? we have to cut 30% ultimately if we want to be near a balanced budget. >> there is no one who thinks sequestration is a good idea. >> the congressional budget office, which i agree does not mean it's an economic authorit
it we are heading and the court -- >> how will it have an impact on the economy? the cbo makes the prediction -- >> 800,000 people furlough 22 days per year? that's a lot of people who do not have money who are not spending. put that in every other area and it goes to police and fire departments who will have less money. there is hardly a person in any field who gets grants of any kind, whether it is from the state or federal government who are now saying they have been told they...
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minimum wage now and what a wage should be in a given market varies across the country a lot based on the economy in that local area. typically you find big companies have more ability to absorb the costs of minimum wage increase and it's the small business lobby that really agitates against it so it's an uphill push. many republicans will argue, all this will do is make jobs more expensive for employers to create and therefore we'll create fewer jobs and we have to resist this. obama thinks this will play well with his political base and i like jeff's point about, a lot of these ideas are not necessarily going to pass, that the president was talking about. so you ask the question, why would a president talk about a lot of things that aren't going to pass, and i think it's to create a patina across his whole presidency that's appealing to a lot of different voters by checking a lot of different boxes and that helps you with the one thing do you need to do and that's they is -- sequester fight coming up on march 1 and the tactical decisions he needs to make are fares he has the public behind him.
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immigrants in this country, could we have the first mechanism to collect and how helpful would it be to the economy? >> these discussions that you are going to see in congress start debating details here. if you look from the perspective of republicans in the house, we talk about this bipartisan gang of eight in the senate and there has been progress made there, if you want to do something you have to get it by the house. it's tremendously difficult because there is serious electoral considerations for house republicans and many are in conservative districts and they will be more concerned about primary challenges than they are going to be concerned about getting an immigration bill passed. >> jamie: as we get closer to the midterms it becomes a relevant point. great insight, thanks. >> eric: small army of repairman are on the streets of russia trying to fix windows that were shattered by the sonic boom by a meteor. it blasted through the earth's atmosphere streak go through the sky and causing a flash of light and powerful shock wave that smashed countless windows. more than 4,000 windows were dam
immigrants in this country, could we have the first mechanism to collect and how helpful would it be to the economy? >> these discussions that you are going to see in congress start debating details here. if you look from the perspective of republicans in the house, we talk about this bipartisan gang of eight in the senate and there has been progress made there, if you want to do something you have to get it by the house. it's tremendously difficult because there is serious electoral...
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republican nominee, mitt romney, lost by 5 million votes to a beatable incumbent presiding over an anemic economy. the explanation is not purely technical or personali personality-oriented. it at the national level, republicans have a winning mention for a nation that no longer exists. they didn't know a new election existed. sometime around 9:00 at night when we saw virginia looking close, whoa, what's going on, it looks like a new country's voting here. they're still playing to the'd country. >> yeah, absolutely. it's like they didn't get the message in 2008. what they missed -- >> didn't you worry that it was in. >> actually, no. i thought birmingham was going to read. if you look at the trajectory, it's been growing for two years. and they've always used the far right to do it. they get them all excited over cultural issues. >> it used to be it was a fair game. >> there's not enough of them. >> for every african -- or latino vote you were going to lose a more conservative vote from the southwest. that hasn't been happening. the white has been up a bit and the african votes zoomed. >> part of
republican nominee, mitt romney, lost by 5 million votes to a beatable incumbent presiding over an anemic economy. the explanation is not purely technical or personali personality-oriented. it at the national level, republicans have a winning mention for a nation that no longer exists. they didn't know a new election existed. sometime around 9:00 at night when we saw virginia looking close, whoa, what's going on, it looks like a new country's voting here. they're still playing to the'd country....
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to reduce the deficits without harming our economy. but congress has to act. >> republican leaders say they haven't been contacted by the president since the inaugural. >> the republicans had plans to avoid sequester and at the time the president responded threatening a veto. >> some in congress trying to undo the automatic spending cuts. my message is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of the automatic spending cuts, domestic spending. >> spokesman jay carney said the problem is the republicans wanted a plan that would not balance with spending cut an tax increases. >> we do not support undoing the sequester in a way that says you know what? we will throw double the number of kids out of head start and make tunnel the cuts to education. >> speaspeaker john boehner fird back saying last month the president got the higher taxes on the wealthy and is back for more. the american people understand revenue debate is closed. close the loophole and carve out attack code but it should be used to lower rate across the board. enter th
to reduce the deficits without harming our economy. but congress has to act. >> republican leaders say they haven't been contacted by the president since the inaugural. >> the republicans had plans to avoid sequester and at the time the president responded threatening a veto. >> some in congress trying to undo the automatic spending cuts. my message is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of the automatic spending cuts, domestic spending. >> spokesman jay carney...
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that is money out of the economy as well. if we are not careful a tax increase on one end could be a problem and severe cuts could be a problem. one of the biggest problems in this city too many times they kick the can it doesn't matter which party down the block if you will and don't really solve the problem. our hope is between now and march 1 they will find a way to provide better alternatives to the cuts and the sequester. >> you wouldn't is support the tax hikes and spending cuts. >> when the president proposed a sequester he said the cuts are so bad that the congress and administration will come back and provide a better alternative of cuts and not new tabs. they already had the tax increases. that came at the last year when we temporarily avoided the fiscal cliff. the challenge how to is to find better long-term ways to solve the fiscal problems facing this country right here in washington. >> chris: you you have a smaller impact of the sequester if delaware. how concerned are you about it? >> we are concerned particul
that is money out of the economy as well. if we are not careful a tax increase on one end could be a problem and severe cuts could be a problem. one of the biggest problems in this city too many times they kick the can it doesn't matter which party down the block if you will and don't really solve the problem. our hope is between now and march 1 they will find a way to provide better alternatives to the cuts and the sequester. >> you wouldn't is support the tax hikes and spending cuts....
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i mean, you talk about the economy and jobs. there is, obviously, debate how many jobs have actually been created in the economy. look. you pointed out to apple ceo, tim cook was in the audience in the state of the union. he is sitting on over 171 million dollars in cash at apple. why? because uncertainty in the marketplace. tom friedman writing this morning something that caught my eye. he said you can feel the economy wants to launch but washington is sitting on the national mute button. we the people feel like the children of permanently divorcing parents. how does this sequestered business end? the president said during the campaign the sequester, the word for automatic spending cuts, he said it would not happen. is it going to happen? >> i always read tom friedman he has that good minnesota sensibility. >> you guys stick together. >> we do. the column today i think is continuation of that. frankly, i believe it's a continuation of exactly the plan the president laid out in detail in the state of the union on tuesday night.
i mean, you talk about the economy and jobs. there is, obviously, debate how many jobs have actually been created in the economy. look. you pointed out to apple ceo, tim cook was in the audience in the state of the union. he is sitting on over 171 million dollars in cash at apple. why? because uncertainty in the marketplace. tom friedman writing this morning something that caught my eye. he said you can feel the economy wants to launch but washington is sitting on the national mute button. we...
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despite the drought, i think the aggie economy -- ag economy is very strong. far income, near record highs. a record high for 2012, and four 2000 13, projected cash income close to record highs. -- and for 2013, projected cash income close to record highs. low debt to asset ratio. assets at record highs. however, i think the aggregate measures belies some sharp differences between sect hers. -- sectors. despite the adverse weather, producers have fared well, with high prices and record crop insurance indemnity's, which helped offset the losses we saw this year. if you are in uninsured or underinsured former, -- farmer, crop losses are hitting those producers a little more than those who have insurance. and if you are a livestock, dairy, and poultry producer, this is the third year since 2007 when we have seen record high prices, with the effects that has on higher feed costs, tight margins. and we have seen, particularly on the capital side, some liquidation. -- the cattle side, some liquidation. 2013, we were expecting a rebound in yields. we should see recor
despite the drought, i think the aggie economy -- ag economy is very strong. far income, near record highs. a record high for 2012, and four 2000 13, projected cash income close to record highs. -- and for 2013, projected cash income close to record highs. low debt to asset ratio. assets at record highs. however, i think the aggregate measures belies some sharp differences between sect hers. -- sectors. despite the adverse weather, producers have fared well, with high prices and record crop...
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it is also about the future of the economy of this country. anybody who looks at those economic numbers from the fourth quarter have to understand that if we continue on the path we're on we're going to put the economic growth of this country and everything that means, in terms of unemployment, impact to defense, and all the other sectors of our academy, we're going to put that back at risk. i can understand your frustration, i share it, and i don't blame you one bit. now, i have a question. you've talked about the impact on our men and women who are serving and on our security. but i want you, if would, talk a little bit more on the impact on this country's industrial base. i know that we have heard from some of the small businesses in new hampshire. there's been one firm quoted as 20,000 small businesses in its pipeline would be affected if these cuts are not addressed. i wonder if you could elaborate of the reverse ability of sequestration in the industrial base and the small businesses. >> well, thank you for the question because this is a
it is also about the future of the economy of this country. anybody who looks at those economic numbers from the fourth quarter have to understand that if we continue on the path we're on we're going to put the economic growth of this country and everything that means, in terms of unemployment, impact to defense, and all the other sectors of our academy, we're going to put that back at risk. i can understand your frustration, i share it, and i don't blame you one bit. now, i have a question....
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now he's going after americans who are doing better in the economy. he got that. now he's coming back saying if i can tax more and then he proposed in his state of the union address more spending, and the problem here is, candy, the greatest threat to our national security is the debt and the defit long term. that's why those of us who are very interested in national security, trying to get this right, trying to make sure we posture ourselves and put ourselves in a position to defend the country, are so worried about the debt and deficit debate. we can get through this. we can do it in a way i think that is respectful to what american priorities are, but you have to do it in a way that doesn't hurt us long term. >> it's important to say we've had about $2.4 trillion in cuts from the approved baseline. 1.7 trillion of those are spending cuts. $700 billion are revenue. unless we get back to a more balanced approach, we can't cut our way to national security. we can't cut our way to investing in education, research and development. we just have to get back to a balan
now he's going after americans who are doing better in the economy. he got that. now he's coming back saying if i can tax more and then he proposed in his state of the union address more spending, and the problem here is, candy, the greatest threat to our national security is the debt and the defit long term. that's why those of us who are very interested in national security, trying to get this right, trying to make sure we posture ourselves and put ourselves in a position to defend the...
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his focus was on jobs and the economy. he has an interesting plan to grow the economy, and he laid it out. this is it. cash 4 gold. look how cool that duck is. how could you go wrong? >> did you see this photo just yesterday? lightning struck st. peter's basilica just hours after the pope announced his resignation and the pope said, i guess that's a no to getting paid for unused vacation days. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going...